Technical Manager Jobs

Technical Manager
UK

The median Technical Manager salary in the UK is £58,800 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 460 562
Rank change year-on-year +144 +102 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 627 330 759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.56% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.59% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 351 281 508
10th Percentile £42,094 £46,250 £44,619
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,750 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £59,556 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.71% +4.17%
75th Percentile £69,375 £74,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £98,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 72,160 56,195 134,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 95.71% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37,655 40,750 78,298
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,874 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,900 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.66% - +5.00%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Technical Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager.

Salary trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +113 565 £58,800 -1.27% 145
UK excluding London +115 359 £55,000 -4.35% 88
Work from Home +85 246 £58,800 -1.27% 91
London +89 242 £60,000 - 60
Midlands +42 98 £51,250 -6.82% 20
South East +19 85 £56,250 -6.25% 27
North of England +40 77 £55,000 +4.76% 15
West Midlands +14 65 £54,000 -1.82% 16
North West -3 49 £55,000 - 10
South West +27 39 £50,000 -16.67% 14
East Midlands +8 32 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Yorkshire +47 25 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Scotland -1 22 £58,800 +6.91% 5
East of England -53 18 £61,250 +8.89% 10
Wales +41 14 £65,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £66,900 - 1
North East -28 3 £58,800 +38.35% 3
Isle of Man - 2 - -

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 October 2024, Technical Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 150 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 139 (22.17%) Project Management
3 128 (20.41%) Mentoring
4 117 (18.66%) QA
5 106 (16.91%) DevOps
6 105 (16.75%) Software Engineering
7 103 (16.43%) SDLC
8 102 (16.27%) Relational Database
8 102 (16.27%) Configuration Management
9 101 (16.11%) Product Ownership
10 99 (15.79%) Microservices
11 97 (15.47%) Cloud Native
11 97 (15.47%) Acceptance Criteria
12 96 (15.31%) GitLab
12 96 (15.31%) Broadband
12 96 (15.31%) CI/CD
13 95 (15.15%) GitOps
13 95 (15.15%) Design Patterns
13 95 (15.15%) MySQL
13 95 (15.15%) Finance
13 95 (15.15%) Kubernetes
13 95 (15.15%) Continuous Delivery
13 95 (15.15%) Docker
13 95 (15.15%) Non-Functional Testing
13 95 (15.15%) MongoDB
13 95 (15.15%) Continuous Integration
13 95 (15.15%) Git
14 71 (11.32%) Agile
15 69 (11.00%) Microsoft
16 67 (10.69%) Project Delivery

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.07%) Confluence
3 5 (0.80%) TPMS
4 2 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) Apache
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Moodle
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.80%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.16%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Fidessa
1 3 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.16%) Primavera
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 61 (9.73%) Azure
2 43 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (2.87%) SaaS
4 14 (2.23%) AWS
5 12 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
6 11 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (1.44%) PaaS
8 7 (1.12%) dbt
9 4 (0.64%) iPaaS
9 4 (0.64%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.48%) GCP
10 3 (0.48%) IaaS
10 3 (0.48%) OCI
11 2 (0.32%) Figma
11 2 (0.32%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.16%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.16%) Google Analytics
12 1 (0.16%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 96 (15.31%) Broadband
2 10 (1.59%) 5G
3 9 (1.44%) Network Security
4 6 (0.96%) Firewall
5 4 (0.64%) VSAT
5 4 (0.64%) WAN
6 3 (0.48%) ATM
6 3 (0.48%) FIX Connectivity
6 3 (0.48%) LAN
6 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.16%) DMZ
8 1 (0.16%) DNS
8 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.16%) FlexRay
8 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (16.27%) Relational Database
2 95 (15.15%) MongoDB
2 95 (15.15%) MySQL
3 4 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.32%) Power BI
5 1 (0.16%) GIS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 96 (15.31%) GitLab
2 95 (15.15%) Git
3 23 (3.67%) JIRA
4 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 150 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 95 (15.15%) Finance
3 38 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
4 35 (5.58%) Retail
5 34 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (3.83%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.67%) Automotive
7 23 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (3.35%) Legal
9 17 (2.71%) Marketing
10 16 (2.55%) German Language
10 16 (2.55%) Publishing
10 16 (2.55%) Spanish Language
11 15 (2.39%) Banking
11 15 (2.39%) French Language
12 13 (2.07%) Public Sector
12 13 (2.07%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.75%) Local Government
14 10 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.96%) Flash
1 6 (0.96%) Ruby on Rails
2 3 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.32%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Akka
4 1 (0.16%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.16%) CSS
4 1 (0.16%) HTML
4 1 (0.16%) Middleware
4 1 (0.16%) RESTful
4 1 (0.16%) SOAP
4 1 (0.16%) Web Services
4 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (16.11%) Product Ownership
2 97 (15.47%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.99%) Virtual Team
4 20 (3.19%) FMCG
5 17 (2.71%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.55%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.39%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.23%) Renewable Energy
9 12 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.28%) Solar Power
11 7 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.96%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.96%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.64%) CCTV
13 4 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.64%) NHS
13 4 (0.64%) Video Editing
14 3 (0.48%) Derivative
14 3 (0.48%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.47%) Windows
2 11 (1.75%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.96%) Linux
4 3 (0.48%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (22.17%) Project Management
2 128 (20.41%) Mentoring
3 106 (16.91%) DevOps
4 105 (16.75%) Software Engineering
5 103 (16.43%) SDLC
6 102 (16.27%) Configuration Management
7 99 (15.79%) Microservices
8 97 (15.47%) Acceptance Criteria
9 96 (15.31%) CI/CD
10 95 (15.15%) Continuous Delivery
10 95 (15.15%) Continuous Integration
10 95 (15.15%) Design Patterns
10 95 (15.15%) GitOps
10 95 (15.15%) Non-Functional Testing
11 71 (11.32%) Agile
12 67 (10.69%) Project Delivery
13 64 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
14 59 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
15 43 (6.86%) ITIL
16 40 (6.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (2.55%) SQL
2 4 (0.64%) Java
2 4 (0.64%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.48%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.48%) Python
3 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.32%) Rust
5 1 (0.16%) C
5 1 (0.16%) C++
5 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (8.93%) Degree
2 32 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 22 (3.51%) PMI Certification
4 21 (3.35%) PMP
5 15 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.23%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.59%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.80%) CISSP
9 5 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.64%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (0.64%) NVQ Level 4
10 4 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.48%) CCNP
11 3 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.32%) CCNA
12 2 (0.32%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.32%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (18.66%) QA
2 23 (3.67%) SLA
3 8 (1.28%) PMO
4 5 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.32%) GDPR
7 1 (0.16%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.16%) COBIT
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 95 (15.15%) Docker
2 18 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 95 (15.15%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.64%) Grafana
4 2 (0.32%) Terraform
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) FTK
Vendors
1 69 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.19%) Salesforce
3 12 (1.91%) ServiceNow
4 10 (1.59%) VMware
5 8 (1.28%) Cisco
6 6 (0.96%) Sitecore
7 5 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.64%) Oracle
9 3 (0.48%) Adobe
9 3 (0.48%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.48%) CQG
9 3 (0.48%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.48%) IBM
9 3 (0.48%) ION Trading
9 3 (0.48%) Patsystems
9 3 (0.48%) Reuters
9 3 (0.48%) SAP
9 3 (0.48%) Trayport
10 2 (0.32%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.32%) Google